Facebook wants to know your political views before it gives you a birthday card
How can you tell if it’s worth trading your personal info for something online?
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Spot the UX mistakes in this Hollywood film
It’s easy to spot UI design bloopers in Hollywood films, like big red beeping “ACCESS DENIED” messages or cheesy 3D database fly-throughs. Well, the other day I was watching the film Friends with Benefits when a scene came on that had me throwing imaginary bricks at the screen – not because I saw some silly […]
Continue reading →Microwave usability
“I’ll have it cold” – a video testament to the importance of user testing and usability.
Continue reading →Fighting bad typography research
When you hear claims which are radically different from the established body of research, you should rightly be sceptical – here we go two rounds with some rogue claims about serifs and legibility from Colin Wheildon.
Continue reading →Zombie infographic
The Book Depository just sent me a newsletter reviewing the buying trends of 2011. In the list was this fun infographic on the sale of zombie related books and graphic novels. It reminds me that a lone zombie is slightly pathetic, but a horde (the proper collective noun) is terrifying!
Continue reading →Is the Independent website hosted on an old Amiga?
I haven’t seen a Guru Meditation since 1993…
Continue reading →3 website designs in harmony with their content
It’s quite satisfying when a website manages to reflect its subject matter fully through its visual design. Here are 3 sites that achieve this special kind of harmony.
Continue reading →When UI design goes rogue
User interface design and usability is usually a good thing, but what if UI design is used to push people into doing the opposite of what they wanted?
Continue reading →A nice way to place items in order
I saw this nice use of Flash while taking part in the BBC’s Big Risk Test. This question asks you to place various everyday activities in order of risk. The designers save you time here by automatically inserting the items in a tidy way while indicating exactly where you originally placed them (a line is […]
Continue reading →Extreme remote usability testing
I recently carried out some remote user testing using my firm’s video conferencing facilities. Usually when I do remote testing, I phone the test participant and proxy on to their screen to see what they are doing. That’s easy to do, but of course you can’t see their facial expressions. This time we’d thought we’d […]
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